Re: Common Orcish Article (Long) - was Re: tolkien?

Herman Miller scripsit:

> There's a convention of using the letters for voiced stops in Australian
> languages -- Jirrbal, Yidiny, Warrgamay, Mbabaram, Guugu Yimidhirr, etc.
That's because Australian anglophones, or at least many of them, don't
voice their /b/ /d/ /g/ either.

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